tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post111089903993902810..comments2024-03-23T22:14:24.292-04:00Comments on Wisdom Weasel: The Magic of The AsboWisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-1110991882127350642005-03-16T11:51:00.000-05:002005-03-16T11:51:00.000-05:00Oh I totally agree- I'm rather glad the Bill is th...Oh I totally agree- I'm rather glad the Bill is there to deal with wayward (and ultraviolent, Clockwork Orange type) youth.<BR/><BR/>As you say, "My ex-local was full of miserable bastards getting leathered"; now that makes for a good pub, not alcopops, the under 25s, and loud music. Give me peeling flock wallpaper, knackered toilets, and grumpy old bastards every day.Wisdom Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-1110990360496988082005-03-16T11:26:00.000-05:002005-03-16T11:26:00.000-05:00Call me an old Tory but i think it may have more t...Call me an old Tory but i think it may have more to do with young people and rock n' roll than the coppers just looking for a few collars. My ex-local was full of miserable bastards getting leathered rather than face 'the wife'. It actually made for a great atmosphere.Mondalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12626899685299810412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-1110911867343728942005-03-15T13:37:00.000-05:002005-03-15T13:37:00.000-05:00To a point I agree (hence the more satirical natur...To a point I agree (hence the more satirical nature of the post) but there is still something not quite right about police vans idling outside pubs waiting for it to kick off every Friday night. Even in my parents adopted home of St Albans, which as you know aspires to be a toney yuppie enclave. I must be getting old, but I prefer to have a pint or nine in peace, and not risk a brawl for looking Wisdom Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-1110902947967094822005-03-15T11:09:00.000-05:002005-03-15T11:09:00.000-05:00But surely that's the point? Miranda Sawyer once w...But surely that's the point? Miranda Sawyer once wrote about the british, along the lines of.. 'yes, it's a cramped, damp little island and you can drive from east to west in a matter of hours, north to south in two days but it's full of pyschos, lunatics and perverts'. And that's kinda, sorta part of the joy. My neice can visit the local library where there are real life alcoholics slumped in Mondalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12626899685299810412noreply@blogger.com